Comics Comics are the continuation of a tradition that extends to back to ancient Egypt:Combining pictures and narrative.Your assignment will be to create a comic strip. Step 1: Story Before you can begin drawing, you need to have a story in mind.Please make this story about everyday occurrences or using everyday objects (excluding cell phones and ipods.) Please keep it school appropriate.Your story does not have to be funny.It can be charming, clever, witty, ironic or sad. You should have four to six panels. Step 2: Sketches This is your rough draft round.First sketch out your ideas.These sketches can be really basic, and in fact should be.You can do the details later. Step 3: Pencils After the rough draft, grab a new sheet of paper- It should be 11”x17”.Shade the picture using controlled line- no smudging.You should work very lightly!When it is finished, trace it onto the Bristol board provided. Step 4: Lettering Now draw in your word balloons along with your words. Do it in pencil first so you know your words will fit! Step 5:Inking Everything should now get inked.Outline everything.Use your pen to shade using crosshatching.Use a paint brush to fill in all of the black areas.Erase all of your pencil after the ink has dried. Step 6:Coloring Color in with Prismacolors everything that is not black.Do all of you shading, blending, etc., now.If you need to go back over your black with more ink, do it!
Comics terminology 1.Panel/Frame- box that contains a scene or moment of the story telling. 2.Bleed- an image that runs off the page. 3.Splash- a panel that takes a full page. 4.Gutter- Space between panels. 5.Spread- two pages facing each other in a printed book. 6.Recto/verso- technical terms for the pages in a spread: recto=right page, verso= left page. 7.Emanata- the visual external emotive qualities of a character. 8.Sound FX- words drawn to detail a particular sound in the narrative. 9.Narrative/ Voice over 10.Word balloons 11.Camera angles
Comics are the continuation of a tradition that extends to back to ancient Egypt: Combining pictures and narrative. Your assignment will be to create a comic strip.
Step 1: Story
Before you can begin drawing, you need to have a story in mind. Please make this story about everyday occurrences or using everyday objects (excluding cell phones and ipods.) Please keep it school appropriate. Your story does not have to be funny. It can be charming, clever, witty, ironic or sad.
You should have four to six panels.
Step 2: Sketches
This is your rough draft round. First sketch out your ideas. These sketches can be really basic, and in fact should be. You can do the details later.
Step 3: Pencils
After the rough draft, grab a new sheet of paper- It should be 11”x17”. Shade the picture using controlled line- no smudging. You should work very lightly! When it is finished, trace it onto the Bristol board provided.
Step 4: Lettering
Now draw in your word balloons along with your words. Do it in pencil first so you know your words will fit!
Step 5: Inking
Everything should now get inked. Outline everything. Use your pen to shade using crosshatching. Use a paint brush to fill in all of the black areas. Erase all of your pencil after the ink has dried.
Step 6: Coloring
Color in with Prismacolors everything that is not black. Do all of you shading, blending, etc., now. If you need to go back over your black with more ink, do it!
Comics terminology
1. Panel/Frame- box that contains a scene or moment of the story telling.
2. Bleed- an image that runs off the page.
3. Splash- a panel that takes a full page.
4. Gutter- Space between panels.
5. Spread- two pages facing each other in a printed book.
6. Recto/verso- technical terms for the pages in a spread: recto=right page, verso= left page.
7. Emanata- the visual external emotive qualities of a character.
8. Sound FX- words drawn to detail a particular sound in the narrative.
9. Narrative/ Voice over
10. Word balloons
11. Camera angles